Rey woke up again, she lost count of the times that she awoke only to be sedated again. This time, she was no longer in the chamber on the ship, but the same dark tiles and metallic machines beeped nearby. A small table was set near her with a single chair. Rey was still strapped onto the table, and still had the cloudy liquid nearby sedating her and impacting her focus. They would be coming for her soon. Rey sighed, frustrated. How could she get herself out of this if she was constantly drugged? A voice spoke in her mind.
Rey. Listen. If you focus hard enough with your thoughts I can hear them. It's Ren. Are you ok? Do you know where you are? She sensed his worry through the bond. She tried to focus on her thoughts, it was difficult with her sedation clouding her mind.
I'm being drugged. I don't know where I am. I'm alone. Did he hear her? There was no response. She savored hearing his words in her mind and a tear welled in her eye.
A hiss from behind her signaled a door opening, and instead of Phasma or Kailiss, a tall dark haired man appeared. He was dressed sharply in black military regalia, wings of white at his temples. He had a strong jaw and light brown eyes, and Rey felt that women would be attracted to him. She studied him, and feebly said "You will unbind me and leave". She felt his resistance to the request, and the man barked a laugh. He turned and lifted the chair using the Force and set it behind him. Fear grew within her.
He noticed her worry and smiled. He spoke with a deep smooth voice "Don't panic, its a wasted emotion in your current state. Anger and aggression are much better ones to draw upon. You're aware you're being sedated, and you wouldn't be able to succeed against me." He sat on the chair behind him, his eyes intent on her. "I am known here as Darth Tevoth." His words sent chills down her spine, a Sith Lord. He felt her fear and confusion, and continued "I'll answer any questions as long as they aren't of the wrong nature." His smile returned.
"Do you serve Snoke? Ren was his pupil..." Her words croaked out of her mouth feebly.
"I do. And Ren was only an experiment for the Supreme Leader considering his heritage. I've been serving him since Palpatine's failed attempt at killing him. Interesting how history works isn't it?" She felt anger within her, she knew that Snoke had been using Ren. She had to find out more information.
"Where am I?"
"That is a question of the wrong nature but you are here, with me. You've been here for several days now actually. The Supreme Leader has sent you here to be in my care until he decides his next action. Until then we'll have many chats." He stood up and placed the chair behind him. He pushed a button on the wall and the door opened again behind her. A First Order personnel arrived with a tray, upon it, a green syringe next to a cloudy syringe. Tevoth picked up the syringes and used them at the injection site on her arm. A weird feeling came upon her, her head felt taut like a drum and her body almost weightless. "Myself and others will check up upon you. You'll be taken to a cell in the interim."
Tevoth watched as she was carted to her cell and turned to the medical officer. "You are positive that the chro-gel will work as you stated? The Supreme Leader has made this of the utmost priority."
"Absolutely, we ran numerous tests. Every quarter-hour will appear as a day to her. If you wish, we can monitor her with the cameras in her cell. She will attempt to sleep and perform normal daily rituals."
Tevoth did the math in his head, one day would roughly be three months time to her. "And when or how will she get actual rest?"
The officer responded "We ran a test for several days using a weaker formula and at the end the subject was very exhausted, only able to get sleep in fifteen to thirty minute intervals. We can however sedate her so she can get one to four hours of actual rest between additional shots of the chro-gel. The gel will have to be administered every eight hours to maintain efficiency."
"Make it so and advise when her current dosage is about to run out. We will feed her at that time and I will speak with her. Also summon Captain Phasma, I'm not going to be visiting the girl every hour alone."
Rey paced in her small cell, it contained her bed, two chairs with a small table, and a sanitation unit. She felt like she been here for ages. Rey slept poorly, most likely from her uncertainty with her predicament. She tried to reach out to Ren, but wasn't able to contact him with her mind being drugged. He asked the same questions, and she felt his frustration through the bond. She missed him and reclined on the bed, her back to the wall. Where was he? He didn't feel any closer than when he initially contacted her. Rey hoped they were trying to plan something to come save her. She didn't want to be trapped in this cell for the rest of her days. The fear of her solitary confinement here weighed heavy on her heart.
Her stomach gurgled and she felt the pain of hunger that had been her constant companion on Jakku. When did she last eat? Her days ran together with the monotony. Phasma or Tevoth would visit and didn't say much, they would check on her and give her another dose of the cloudy drug. Tevoth would ask basic questions, yet his eyes studied her and tried to read between her words. To Rey the gesture was odd since there was a camera above that monitored her every movement.
The door beeped and opened, and she sat up, Tevoth strode in and a droid with a cart followed with two meals on it. The aroma of the warm food made her mouth water. There were no knives she saw, it was cut to bite size pieces. The Sith Lord also carried two packages, one much smaller than the other. He kept his eyes on her while the droid set the table, and left. The door locked behind the droid.
"Come sit, I've decided to eat with you. I feel you are probably very lonesome and would like company." He held out a chair for her, and she got up and sat in it. She was hungry, the food smelled divine. As much as she wanted to spite him, she felt weak with the drugs in her and knew it would be no use for now. She could however save as much strength as possible when that day came. Chopped vegetables and a white tender meat, glazed with a light brown sauce were on their plates, and a thick piece of crusty bread next to it. She started to eat immediately, and he sat and watched her for a time before nibbling on his own meal.
"I've brought you a change of clothes today, it's been weeks of you wearing that." Tevoth said mildly. She looked down at herself. Her collared shirt and pants was stained from her battle and her undergarmets soiled with her sweat. The sanitation unit was the basic refresher for human bodies, it wouldn't be able to clean her clothes as well. Has it really been weeks? Rey's chin trembled, she settled fork on her plate. Ren and Luke had known that she'd been taken captive, and at least Ren could find what region of space she was in. Tevoth's brown eyes gazed at her and she looked away. His deep voice resonated in the small cell "Phasma said that Kylo Ren and you had a relationship, however I can truthfully say that no Resistance ship has made its way here to this part of the galaxy in the last month. Perhaps the Resistance feels that attempting to rescue you would be a lost cause, as this base is heavily fortified. You're not a full Jedi yet, maybe with getting Ren back it would be a fair trade."
Rey grabbed her fork, her anger pulsing through her at his comments. The Dark Side purred within her. They wouldn't abandon her would they? She wanted to stab him and attempt to leave, she had been here a month now! Before she could move a muscle she was Bound. She struggled weakly. She looked up at him, and his eyes glittered for a moment before the irises turned red. "You know very well that I am stronger than you, since you reject the Dark Side. I have only obeyed my master and treated you with the utmost kindness. You will eat the rest of your food and give me your clothes, and I will administer another dosage before you retire tonight." Tevoth's voice was warm before, but with the Dark Side surging in him it was cold and full of contempt.
She blinked away the tears and stayed still, and he removed the binding on her. They ate the rest of their meal in silence. "Change now, in that corner" and handed her the larger package. It was away from the table and the forks. As she moved there he turned away from her. She ripped open the package, inside was a black long sleeved tunic with pants, and a second outfit as well that mirrored the first. She peeked behind her, he was still facing away. She changed out of her undergarments and into fresh ones, and bundled up her old clothes in the box.
"I'm done." she said weakly.
He turned and took her old clothes, his eyes were back to his normal brown color. He pointed to the wall, and pushed a few buttons. A drawer ejected from the wall, empty. "Push the code as so, and place your dirty clothes in it. They will be cleaned and will be provided back to you."
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" Rey asked.
He said nothing for a few moments, his face unreadable. "I didn't plan on you staying as long as you have. The Supreme Leader is content to have you stay here in my company for the time being. He has other more pressing duties he has to attend to instead of focusing on a half trained Jedi. Sit on the bed, I'm going to give you your dosage." He started to unwrap the smaller second package.
She did as she was told and he injected again only the cloudy syringe. The drugs started to take effect shortly after, she felt weakened and tired. He stood up and after making sure the drugs were working, he called in a droid to clean and remove the remnants of their meal. She laid down on her small bed, but Tevoth did nothing after the droid left except pulled over a chair and sat in it. He pulled a tablet out of his uniform and started to review it it silently.
"Why are you still here?" she asked sleepily. She was tired, but felt uncomfortable with him watching her. Within her heart she wished Ren was here.
He reached into his jacket, pulled out a green liquid filled syringe. "You need this again in approximately four hours. I don't have any pressing matters so I'll read here without distractions." He said quietly. His eyes returned to his reading. Rey tried to keep her eyes opened as long as she could, but the drugs overpowered her and she succumbed to slumber.
